New update

jujubeans · Jan 26, 2012

greg334 said:
I think it would make everyone happy. the old one was a PIA in capital letters, this one is downright discouraging.

Did I mention that we should have some pickles here?

Ya think Lawrence could be bribed with pickles...by gory I'd send him some!

greg334 · Jan 26, 2012

I think it may work but you never know, he may be allergic to pickles.

Lawrence · Jan 26, 2012

You guys are breaking me down...

http://www.bicks.ca/products_sub.aspx?pid=536

Turtle · Jan 26, 2012

Happy Dance!!

purgoose10 · Jan 26, 2012

I agree with the others. Maybe another small side bar on the left?

Ragman · Jan 26, 2012

greg334 said:
Did I mention that we should have some pickles here?

jujubeans · Jan 26, 2012

Ragman said:

almost couldn't see the pickles from all those pop ups that interfere...

Oh Lawrence...they're still thereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! They're kind of like nails on a blackboard...they just plain old screech at ya!

HillJack · Jan 27, 2012

I can't figure out what the point of this thread is. The bar is progress. When your mouse gets close to it you receive a pop up. That is what it is for. The advertisers get seen that way. Is EO not a business? They get paid by those who advertise. The bar helps to get the advertiser's message out. Seems like it works pretty well to me. What's the problem?

jujubeans · Jan 27, 2012

HillJack said:
I can't figure out what the point of this thread is. The bar is progress. When your mouse gets close to it you receive a pop up. That is what it is for. The advertisers get seen that way. Is EO not a business? They get paid by those who advertise. The bar helps to get the advertiser's message out. Seems like it works pretty well to me. What's the problem?

#1...the ads are already there at the top of the page.
#2..if you'd made more than 6 posts you might understand the aggavation better..

Not necessary and not well liked..enough for ya?

greg334 · Jan 27, 2012

HillJack said:
I can't figure out what the point of this thread is. The bar is progress. When your mouse gets close to it you receive a pop up. That is what it is for. The advertisers get seen that way. Is EO not a business? They get paid by those who advertise. The bar helps to get the advertiser's message out. Seems like it works pretty well to me. What's the problem?

The problem is that the user, not the advertiser rules. Without the numbers - unique hits, conversion to ad views, etc ... - the site can't sell real-estate at the rate that makes money. This means that if no wants to bother coming here, the site is useless to the advertiser.

msams · Jan 27, 2012

We appreciate everyone's feedback on this. Over the past couple days we've made some updates that will hopefully make the ad bar seem a little less intrusive. The hover triggers have been removed. The ads will now appear only when you click one of the advertisers in the bar. The height of the bar has also been reduced.

jujubeans · Jan 27, 2012

So much better! Thank you!!!!!!!!!

highway star · Jan 27, 2012

Good job! I think that'll work.

greg334 · Jan 27, 2012

msams said:
We appreciate everyone's feedback on this. Over the past couple days we've made some updates that will hopefully make the ad bar seem a little less intrusive. The hover triggers have been removed. The ads will now appear only when you click one of the advertisers in the bar. The height of the bar has also been reduced.

Thanks it is am improvement but I'm a hard one to please, getting rid of it is the only thing that I see that is needed. The thing is that it adds to the computer portion of the browser, and by doing so it is not just annoying but still intrusive.

What's the problem with having some of us to be able to opt out of the ad thing in the first place. It isn't like the few are going to use most of the ads to go to those companies, because we already know them and where to find the info.